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english fiction4
diaries3
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scrapbooks2
autobiography2
world war, 1914-19181
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Berry, Francis2
Ross, Alan (1922-2001)2
Knight, W F Jackson2
Knight, G Wilson (1897-1985)2
William Francis Jackson Knight2
O'Connor, Philip (1916-1998)1
Potts, Paul1
New Statesman1
Mackendrick, John (1946-1979)1
Lay, Cecil Howard (1885-1956)1

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Archive Collection

Katharine Mary Briggs, correspondence and papers

Briggs, Katharine M (1898-1980)

c.1900-1980

Katherine Mary Briggs was bom in London in 1898, the eldest of three surviving daughters of Ernest and Mary Briggs. The Briggs family had its origins in Yorkshire and had built up its fortune from the...

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London Magazine Editions Archive

The London Magazine

1965-1979

The archive material contained within this collection relates to the publication of various volumes and dates from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, during the editorship of Alan Ross. The bulk of the ...

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London Magazine Archive

1972-2007

Editorial and production papers, earlier versions of material published in the magazine, and correspondence between contributors and editorial staff, predominantly Alan Ross.

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George Barker, miscellaneous literary papers and letters

Barker, George (1913-1991)

1935-1987

Comprises: (1) 3 letters to or from George Barker, including 1 undated and 2 dated 1977 and 1981 respectively, held in an envelope with typed drafts of his 'Critical sonnet for William Shakespeare', ...

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Philip O'Connor, letters and papers with some of his writings

O'Connor, Philip (1916-1998)

1916-2003

Comprises the personal papers and documents of Philip O'Connor; his correspondence with various literary figures (including Michael Hamburger, Stephen Spender, Gregory Stephenson, and David Thomson), ...

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John Braine Archive

Braine, John (1922-1986)

1943-1995

The literary archive of John Braine, comprising over 200 manuscript notebooks, 22 boxes of manuscript and typescript drafts and associated material. The collection is divided into 3 distinct series: ...

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Ronald Blythe, pre-publication text of anthology 'Each returning day : the pleasure of diaries', with a related letter

Blythe, Ronald (1922-)

c.1989-1991

Comprises the complete pre-publication text of Ronald Blythe's anthology, here entitled 'Diaries: an exploration'. The accompanying autograph manuscript letter from Blythe is dated 25 March 1991, and...

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Simon Armitage Archive

Armitage, Simon (1963-)

c.1984-2015

The Simon Armitage Archive covers Armitage’s work as a poet and writer from 1984 to 2015. This comprehensive archive documents all aspects of Armitage's career as a poet, writer, dramatist, libret...

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David and Betty Beaty Archive

Beaty, David (1919-1999)

1939-2004

Comprises: (a) 2 boxes of correspondence between David and Betty Beaty and several publishers, friends, and others, mainly concerning their respective publications, dated between 1939 and 1998, inclu...

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Bonamy Dobrée Archive

Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)

1912-1973

Comprises: (a) 19 boxes of Bonamy Dobrée's autograph manuscript correspondence arranged A-Z by the names of the correspondents and dated between 1912 and 1973, including a large number of letters fro...

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John Drinkwater, literary papers with related material

Drinkwater, John (1882-1937)

1906-1939

Comprises: (a) 11 large decorated folders containing reviews of his poetry, plays, prose works, lectures, films, and acting, and reports of national events and obituaries on him; (b) 1 box containing ...

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Roy Fuller Archive

Fuller, Roy (1912-1991)

1941-1990

Comprises: (a) 2 boxes (Boxes 1-2) containing Roy Fuller's autograph manuscript notebooks, comprising 25 numbered notebooks of poetry dated 1941-1983, 2 unnumbered notebooks of his reviews of works by...

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